Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche Berlin

Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche Berlin

Located in the middle of Breitscheidplatz in Berlin, Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche is a church of great antiquity. It was built in the late nineteenth century to the plan drawn by Franz Schwechten.

Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche was built at the behest of Emperor Wilhelm II, with the motive of honoring his grandfather Wilhelm I. Wilhelm II was the last emperor of Germany. He was largely seen as a controversial figure who was linked to numerous scandals during his rule. The architectural style of Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche follows the neo-romanesque style which marks many other churches in the Rhineland.x

When Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche was first built it grandness was without any compeer. The beautiful monument suffered lot of damages during the World War II. The scale of destruction was really massive and the only reminder of the erstwhile grandeur was the ruin of the belfry, a bell tower which is also known as 'der Hohle Zahn' or hollow tooth.

In the years subsequent to the end of WWII, a new Church was placed next to the site of the old church. Designed by Egon Eiermann, the new Church contained the cross woven out of nails from the Coventry Church, which had been razed to the ground by a Nazi bomb. Other than the Conventry Cross, the Church also has the cross of the Russian Orthodox Church.

The ruins of Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche have been left intact as a testament to the horrors of war.

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